Comparing Fahrenheit 451 And Disney's Wall-E

Both Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and Disney’s Wall-E warn society about how dangerous a technologically advanced society is. They show that a futuristic dystopia, in which the people are ignorant to what is wrong with their society, is very possible with several key ingredients. The societies shown both have futuristic technology that the majority of people spend all their time using. An oppressive group controls the entirety of their society, and due to the environment they are raised in, the society does not realize anything is wrong. The people appear to lack the human communication, as they spend more time with the technology. Combined together they create a society where people are easy to manipulate and do not care about anything except

The schools in Fahrenheit 451 no longer teach like schools in the real world. Instead of academics, the focus is placed on sports. After school the students amuse themselves by hurting others, and playing games where the objective is to destroy things, like windows and cars. When Clarisse tells Montag the schedule for school, she says they have “an hour of TV class, an hour of basketball or baseball or running, another hour of transcription history or painting pictures, and more sports.” (Bradbury 27). They also do not ask questions, as they are told exactly what to write down. Brainwashing begins to occur at a young age, so the society ends up the same and all the members are ignorant of the wrongs in their society. People no longer walk or sit and talk, instead they watch meaningless shows and listen to their seashell radios.The police actually arrest people for just being pedestrians. Even at night the people do not get away from technology as they sleep with their radios in their ears. As they travel the in trains, ads are constantly being blared at them, so they never get away from the technology. In Wall-E the people are even more dependent on technology. They sit in hover chairs all day while staring at screens. All they have to do is tap a place or object on their

While talking to Montag, Clarisse mentions that her family likes to sit around the fire and just talk, something considered odd by the society in Fahrenheit 451. Most people spend their time watching pointless shows or going around racing cars and destroying windows. None of which require a large amount of talking to other people. Even in school the students do not talk much. They play sports and have an edited history lesson. Clarisse does not believe the schools are social. She says “I don't think it’s social to get a bunch of people together and then not let them talk,” (Bradbury 27). Even though they are surrounded by their peers, the students are not allowed to talk to one another. This transfers into the adult life as well. Although people get married, they appear to do it more because society expects them to, then out of actual love. Montag says he loves Mildred, but early on in the book he starts questioning it, and it does not appear that Mildred loves him either. When she invites her friends over they talk for a little bit, but all stop when their show comes on. Mildred also calls the people in the TV her family, but never call Montag her family. She spends more time with them than her husband. This same issue is seen in Wall-E, the people never look away from their screens. They do use the screens to talk to friends, but only the screens,